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< iliAWFORDVILLE, GEORGIA.
Entered at- the second-class pontoffice mail at Crawford
villa, Oa., as matter.
TOPICS OF TRADE.
rt't.T & Co.’s Business Review for
the Past Week.
U (i. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
Irnde says: The year opens with the cx
pected improvement in the money market,
mid in collections resulting from been annual
disbursements, which have larger
than usual. The hopeful feeling in most
byuiches of Undo continues also, and tin
railroad outlook is improved. The legis
lajiye prospect is regarded by many with
apprehension, and the situation in the
ifnn and cotton industries is not satisfac
tliry Prices of Horne products in both
Invi been further reduced und many
Works have -topped for a time. 'The cur¬
tailment of credits, which tiro monetary
uncertainly causes, is, thcrefoie, severely
tcJt in these ns in other branches of busi
( c.HH It is becoming clearer every day
Hist, one great elwtacle to prosperity is a
fear that the debasement of the dollar
»jfY produce violent contraction h, th(
withdrawal of foreign investments, u col¬
lapse of credits «nd disaster which will
4/e felt iu every branch of trade and
Mrduslry. the shrinkage of
In cotton tmtmifuclurc
credits has severely strained many com
corns, and pm- • of goods have been low,
but further reductions have been made
• hiring the past week in bleached cotton.
Ucports of tr.idi from different cities are
sit ill much influenced by reviews of last
iv si’s great hut generally indicates
h 4 urge volume, of traffic in progress foi
Win season, with marked improvement
silica the monetary pressure abated . At
Philadelphia, the leather and shoe trades
SI X < lull, mid retail purchases or j confined
to evening up sixes, Wool is in little
doomnd. Home mu-asincss is seen regard
*ng obligation* in tohnceo, but better col
Im uoiis ill paints. Higher cotton pro tht
si net's greater activity throughout New
iHuiJi Sugar and rice receipts market* at
Orleans are good. I he. money
MiiHKighout Hu- i -untri are less stringent,
«nd ii.im i Ih of collect tons are more fuvor
flile. Hpecirtative operations eontiuu
wholesomely imietive. The foreign trade
i.oiilinues favorable, exports showing u
Gig-- ” lin ovei last year, while, there it
»miv increase m itopoit The week i
twain** ouud/rr 375; for the correspond
dig n k ol lad year Ihe failures wert
Uil
TO CULTIVATE UA&HE.
•j on F) * 4 T» -fy r w the Plar.Av
in Gas.
A Galveston dispal li of Honda iv*
lowing the oi'-. uiiza'ioa of a t - k
■ piitpatiy to utilize the lands adjac ent to
Galveatun for the c ultnro of ramie und
.Hiei tihrons plant*, a meetitig has been
held and a committee selected to formn
I de. a prospectus of tlin eaterprise, which
was done later. Four panics have each
a amted IDO acres of Inn I adapted to the
iunpose, ticlwi rii Galveston and Houston.
Habsctiplious to the stock will bo taken
foi small amounts, thus making interest
In of people the eiitorpri the c inelinie a large number ill
ot eily. Alxml $7,51)0 w
be pauditnrcH f ho amount of required the flint to meet ami the will ex
year,
( Irver I be cost ot uioi'-hi cry for decorti
mg, labor and all Hie expenses incident
th Dio undertaking for thirty acres of
lano. The demand tor this material is
unlimited. Experiments with the ramie
plant in Texas prove the ability of tho
i. 5l f*r its cultivation.
HEAVY BONDS
JvHuired of Ex-Senator Wal¬
lace's Assignees.
Anu.Umr disp itehof (Sunday from Clear
held, F«., says: The bond of the as¬
signees of ex Senator Wallace, approved
Hxpicday by Judge Fund and ordered
nidi, is for tho sit in of $(,$55,000. The
taventure shows an aggregate of $090,000.
From (Jn* are to be deducted recorded
liens and pledged asset*, which are about
$6 • i.OOO, h aving $335,000 free assets.
This n probably three fold the amount of
t n.ieeured debts. The persond debts of
■Wallace are about $400,000, including
' 'b'-s "I'ourtd ami unsecured. The ap
piat.i' l viiUi ■ ol real estate to be sold
Ja«<i ry ttJth i* $324,300, upon which are
I eii. and claims »r ataiut $300,000. His
uller property is appraised at about
$510,00 • This ittd ides his interest,
• bmi en ei:;Uot, in 5,200 acres of coal
find mvcvtsl i'u the Clearfield Creek
• ’a il t'‘iiup.tiij, upon w hich t ere are four
m. in'* hi op ration and others opening
EMMA ABBOTT’S WILL.
Thi> Bulk of Her Estate Goes to
Charity. l,
’I1»e will ol Km,i a A >butI Wethere
FiC el* i itie star, wns tiled an 1 admitted
4x probate iu N w Y.«rk Monday afte
noon l was executed on Max 28. 1890,
nml ttamt'h us* i vet uU»rs, .lam ^ \. Mitch
\ as 11 •u^hiGti nut Willi in F. Uun
ciing. She diitH'tH that lur 1 mh 1 \ shall Ik*
Cfttivated, uftt'i :i thorough tt-t l»v < hv
aac it in if life i* evti ol. Shv
matkOsS 4 liberal provision for h r |iart*nts her
*»»<! tolatitcs wuMiy l»eqtk' , stN to
fitnids, h ivu> cat h t » a nuin
l»n ot cliuncht s I'he hulk her estate h
4*i he diviileii among six chiriF*»hle
*uti ’ in n©yy York c ty.
DOCTORS PUZZLED
0t *r he Case of a Badly Bro¬
ken Skull.
ittslmr u-.spat
l ilt’ CA-M’ of lb ury I’flankenship. who
si; .Ik K. on tu bead i a drun row
mtu rousm t rate
the medlt .t IU*
mt a sli >}• •
and seme <
1 4U"
first s the Ue ha*
rreov yxi'-in ■ vss d is -mprovi g
irtfi *
THE DEMOCRAT, CRAW FORD VILLE. GEORGIA.
ALLIANCE
NEWS OF THE ORDER FROM
ALL SECTIONS.
Items of Interest to Alliance
men Everywhere.
The Aliianci-men in Virginia and North
Carolina who grow peanuts an; still hold¬
ing their crops for better prices, and the
fw-unut trust will have to come to their
terms.
I he Vfilusi.i County Alliance met at |
Hurbernviilcy Fla., and held the January
meeting, which whs full of interest.
George dent and Willie-mbe P. L. Jenkins, w;, elected presi
secretary.
V ■
*
The admirable spirit displayed by the
color d fanners in their Ocala meeting is
worthy intendent of all Humphrey's praise. That part of Super¬
addre-s which
treats of political action is commended
to politicians on the anxious seat.
*" *
The Cuieiimati . Onset U admits that
there are two eminent virturs and saving
graces in the I urtnen’Alliance movement
genuine patriotism and sobriety. They
represent homesteads and firesides, and
have American customs and aspirations.
*
* *
President It. F. Rogers has arranged
a full program for the Farmer*’ Alliance
exposition at Ocala, Fla, up to the first
of February, and expresses the continued hope that
it may not close then, but be
until the middle of March. This will
probably depend upon a rush of North¬
ern visitors.
***
Iii the death of Hon. K. O. Fat'y, the
distinguished president of Noxubee
County Alliance, the Alli inccmon of the
entire state of .Mis-i-sippi have suffered a
great loss. In political, social and secret
order circles lie was a man of command¬
ing leader. influence, and always prominent as just a
Buell exalted characters are
now ne/tled in Alliance circles for leader¬
ship and counsel.
The Alliance lms not, as many people
think, caused a falling off in thejnem
bership of the Grange. Not only is
tin-"- a revival of the Granges of Georgia,
but >’•> ab parts ot the country increased
membership und new Granges are re
ported. In Maine, out ol 22 buildings t Granges,
six in every ten own the in
which they meet, and this is good evi
deuce of prosperity and permanency.
* *
Speaking of his Alliance brethren,State ,
Lecturer Collins says: 1 want you all to
resolve that you w ill be fill I-sized Alii
nncemen or quit the order; and if things
are not going exactly to suit you, don't
quit on that, account, but ttonsnler that
tbc A lliance is your* and you are d<
tc; hired to make it serve a righteous |
purpoM'. Your voice i-as strong a* thesuy ■
Of aikd»i>» ' in Iwunde:^ t-L- fluty mWJxilf; to speak . right Y" !
is your going
out if you see anything wrong.
+**
I he new editor ol President It. L.
Polk’s panel, the I'rognMee Fanner, at
Raleigh, N. f deflates that it does not
want tin public printing, nor public important pat
roimge of any sort. It. is an
Alliance telorm pap r, and means to say
just wleit it thinks upon the economic is
Hites before tkc people; but it intends to
make no faction lights, and engage in no
personal conflict* with anybody tor pri
vote gains; and we mean to keep our
hands and i ur conscience clean while do
ing the work.
The Alliaiif, tiasette (Atchison, Kan )
says: “The .Associated Press dispatcher
from day to day lmvo Alliance predicted dire
tilings in store for tho as a re¬
sult from quarrels that were predicted to
come off at the national meeting in Flor¬
ida. The meeting has passed off quietly,
however, and the best of feeling between
all sections of the country still exists.
The thought of this country being united
under one flag and harmoniously working
for the common good, sends a thrill of
dissatisfaction through the veins of the
two old patties that is too hard to endure
in silence. Thu people for once have the
interest of the people at heart.
DcKalb County Ga.. Alliance, has
adopted tho following resolution, unani¬
mously:
Whereas, The Htate of Georgia has
sufficient scholarship, and
Whereas, The financial statutes of the
Stale is sufficient, and
Whereas, we are using school text
book* that are subjects of the trust.
Therefore,
/iVsofiW, That we respectfully suggest
to the legislature the necessity of publish !
ing the common school literature of the .
State, to be published by the State, and
made uniform in the State, and furnished
to the common schools of the State at the
cost of publication.
*
It would be idle. says the Progre»*ice
Farmer, of Raleigh. N. the official
organ of President Polk, and also the
State Alliance, to attempt to disguise the
fact that many alliaueeiuen—good and
true alliancemen—in ibis country enter¬
tain serious doubts about both the desir
ability and practicability ot some of the
measures that have been offered for their
acceptance. It K unwise to
brush these men aside a* cue
inies of our unit r and obstructionist* to
our reforms because they do not agree
with us upon all points. Whether they
i right i* not the question,
j or or wrong
The question is. shall there be an open.
i fn e, full and fair disi u**iouof al reason
able plans and opinions, and the ultimate
• selection of those to be carried through.
j which ate He*t for all classes of our citi
i unship
riuisa Ridge I lane on
-out s*? ". 7 •d
r The tendency of capital
t 5 n
interest in th II the re
sources of the West dor
mant. net
\YH R We t ve there
Western \v l -
interests ild t
i ■S muaK That tl V -e of Kansas
should use i tin -nee to iAuuce tuaju-
our State as our facilities would reader
practical. Besotted, AUi-nee I id
That we ask the
the A liance prera to give this math 1
consideration and discussion.
*
Farm View (Porterville, Cal.,) ml f
“Although the Farmers organizing Alliance *
8 tute has only been meif i nee
about the 1st of June, its active ber
ship outnumbers the Grange or Patrons
el Husbandry nearly three to one. Sfrot
only this, but the Alliance in chi deal) » ■
membership the most able, earned antt
active element of the Grange.? cv>
far " )ers arfcilw,re f great WorK that
w going on around them. Indeej
attendance at the State Alliance re
UH ^'-ent force tha- im» 1 |
such a cataclysm to the old pmitic• ; *
ties in the East. It will sooa b»fi i >
organization more perfect than p,,;
litical machinery of tae State, and
doing its own bu-ini-ss to the .-stint ol
drawing into it all clas.es with wf m it
does business in the country. It h but
to hold t > its course and the legi-i ture
witi have to yield to its decrees ' the
sheer force of , .
numbers. * ,s
-
just getting down to business. .
***
i lie New York 1 ribune is . great :s
seised over the “Alliance folly’ ie
mamling more money throw :h t -'
ation of the sub-treasury plan. it*
strictures upon that measure it disis
the usual fact in such cases, an pried. absj .U:
ign ranee of its provisions or
It is not aware that every doer.irirff*riot
to Congress at this session touching h
" " rc recognizes the mam feature 1 this
bill as sound and practicable, ft has
forgotteu that the recent silver ktfis.a
f ion, for which it contended so eat* at:v
contains the warehousing, or.#as it
pleases to call it, the “pawn sho* fen
ture of the sub-treasury pan.!' with Jim
Tribune would do well to V.vh;m<d
some reliable Alliance paper, mid '■«'!>
posted upon current matters ' elating to
the order.— National Economist. if
TXB SITUATION IN KANSAS,
A dispa'ch of Monday fromJ q'fceka,
Kansas, says: All the m cm 1 if a jf the
legislature i o])hy which have has arrived crowded nnd-with tjbe tf Gii a
tlll (he ll(> cis of ,) city./'There capa* little
le it
interest in the organizaGon of the house,
as 0 ,\-Lieutenat Governor P. P. Edrt will
| >( , ( .)i 0 sen speaker by acclamation., Aside
fronl tlie internal dissensions in t y f Alii
a ncc camp over tie McGrath-Turijr mat
ter , the United States senutorshipTigages
the attention of everybody. Wi He the
Republicans hoped the Turner) letter
would frustrate and divide the Alliance
forces, and allow them to re-elect Amjbig fiogalls.
j t will not have that result. ail
the Alliance members present tha' seems
to be a determination to defeat Jfugatls.
q here will probably be vorv littlqtegisla- th| day
tian before the 26th instant a
,
p.q i, u- in no eiiaie ’<• sena
to tl sit.tu -on vvilltt* >,
L
f gaining streogih rapidly light and it is Unity t»x ved
u , will go into the with five
votes. If he does he will become i form
idabl- candidate, El'deror and it is certain that
either Willits, JA-ffcr, all staunch
and leading Alliancemen, will be named
by the Alliance senatorial caucus. There
are ninety one Alliance members in the
legislature and the proceedings of the
Hoily ‘ will be watched with interest.
* *
alliance education. |
The strength of Alliance principle and
the unyielding force of iis demands 1 lie in
the plain, incontrovertable facts on which
its claims are predicat d. The rapid
education of the people concerning:
economic questions of national im
portance iu proof of the substantial
foundation upon which such edu
cation rests. No flue spun theory
could or assumption brought of false f A,{-trine
have about this ';eneral
desire for information and almost miver
sal real effort nature at exposed r-search and without the whol^ ha|- v ng irnpo- its
sition held up to ridicule and abandoned,
Such has been the fate and w ill ot utiune
to be the ultimate end of all economic
teachings not based upon i uth and jus
tice. t be demands of the dllia-m e have
been subjected to the mo.it searching
scrutiny and rigid analysis. They have
stood and criticism, the merci and ess have onslaught of ridicule
come out >f this
trying ordeal brighter, stronger ankl with
a firmer hold upon the intelligent*! of the
people than ever. 1 hey stand to-Ray as
au exponent of ult mate truth unrivalled
by any economic proposition that has
challenged public attention during the
past quarter of a century. All objections
to these demands have been met in a
calculated to convince those
seeking the truth, and to confoumS others
attempting to confuse and uiislead.
I he lessons of the past should not
go unheeded. This urgent demand
for Alliance education should be
met by Alliance newspapers, speakers
and lecturers with a determination to
furnish the people with the information
application they desire. To do this will require close
wlio and constant study. Those
would be leaders must be teachers,
and tho=e who teach mupt be
informed. The day for newspaper
slush atid nonsense has
and passed, and the time for facts, reasons
proper deductions has come. Those
who assume to build upon the ignorance
() f the people will tail, while those who
succeed. recognize their intelligence will suroiv
The du: r of allengaged iu this
movement is plain and not easily inborn
derstood. It c insists in an increased
»ffort in a’l proper methods 'f edge ition.
An honest performance t ‘a * duty dur¬
ing the. coming year wii the
Alliance in a position a - * - mi -reg
liable against the assaults ot IK fiiti
i ian ami trickster. A united effort on
the part of all Alliance newspapers and
lecturers iu advocating fearlessly and in
teiligen !y the whole platform of Alliance
demands, will so instruct and ua v the
|H> p upon the great ( riocij * ieli
11 «iS that every su All iatnee
won! . ye a riel of pure o otiomies.
and her its true deft »ider. —
Nntuuuil Kt onondst
Acvormxg to the statement of President
Baker, of the Franclin Bank, Baitimore. Irtd..
ex-Ccuncilmaa H. WeosterCrowle,wH) failed
reeentiy, had ovenlrawn hi$ accoyf. at the
iwak. with the cashier's connivaqT bei> 4pW tj
of * 1 00,000. Ttie I’res.lieat ti Umt
Caskier Gardnar wax hTpqotixed.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
EWS NOTES AND ITEMS FROM
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Proceeding's of the Second Ses¬
sion of the 51st Congress.
0n Fr |q. iy the houge went j ato corn¬
| mittoe of the who ,^ Mr> AUen 0 f Michi
j n t’ ae c h a j r< on the private calendar,
j Th( , firsl 1(iU on the calendar was one re
ferring to the court of claims, the claim
of the Citizea , 8 ,. ank of Lonisi ana, grow
ini; out of the seizure and covering into
the United States treasury of certain
moneys of the tank bv General B. F.
Butler. The amount involved is $215,000.
i r j'he measure gave rise to quite a long dis¬
I eussion, it being advocated by Messrs,
Blanchard and Boatner, of Louisina, and
| „ed bv Messrs. Thomas, of Wisconsin,
and Orosvenor. of Ohio. The hour of 5
o’clock having arrived, the bill went over,
the committe rose, and the house took a
, recess until 8 o’clock, the evening session
to be for the consideration of private
j pension The vice-president bill-. laid before the
sen
i on Saturday, the protest of twenty
three members of the Idaho legislature his
••■eiinst allowing Mr. Dubois to take
j s( , ;i t Referred to the committee on privi
, leges ai d elections. Mr. Sherman, from
: the committee on foreign relations, re¬
ported a bijl to amend the act of Febraa
j j nc0r))0r (authorizing . lt ing the the Nicaragua is-ue of
(Jamil Company
bon(is guaranteed by the and United with the States)
pi ac ed on the calendar ac
companying report ordtred printed. The
senate then r> sumed consideration of the
iilia . ll;c bil l (or of the anti-contraction
bill, as Mr. Sherman termed it in his
motion) mid Mr. Morgan continued his
speech begun bv him Friday, in support
j „f the free coinage amendment. .Mr.
Morgan yielded the floor, temporarily, and
Mr. Dawes presented the conference re¬
port on the bill to carry out, in part, the
provisions of the act to divide the Sioux
Indian reservation and, and in response
to a question by Mr. Edmunds, made an
explanation, lie said that the commis¬
sion of which Gen. Crook was the head,
promised the Sioux Indians, in influence the course
of negotiation, to use its certain at
AVnsiringtsn for the redress of
grievances. The commission subsequent¬
ly' met forty representative Sioux Indians
from the reservation where the present
outbreak occurred, to see to it that those
assur nces were carried out. The Indian
conimi tees of both houses were also pres¬
ent, and all being together, the bill had
been prepared to carry out exactly the
assurances as the Indians understood
them. The co fercnce report was agreed
to, and Mr. Morgan resumed his speech.
During an intermission the pension ap
propriation ing bill and the public bill building nppropriat
; 00,000 for a and at
Providence, placed I!. I., were reported
on the calendar. Mr. Morgan
.
laid aside and a message from the pn-si
dent was read, forwarding a memorial of
the legislative assembly of Oklahoma for
the relief of destitute people of that teri
to ry. Referred to the committe on ap
propriations. The senate adjourned,
In the house, on Monday, Mr. Rogers,
of Arkansas, offerred an amendment to
the Dockery resolution providing for the
appointment of a special committee of
five members to inquire into all the facts
and cireumstanc s connected with the
silver pools in which the senators and
representatives are alleged to be inter¬ and
ested; also as to the alleged and purchase
sale of silver-prior to since the pas
sage of the act of July 14, 1890, includ
ing the names of persons purchasing of or
selling the same and who arc owners
twelve million ounces of silver bullion
which the United States is now asked to
purchase. Mr. Rogers’ amendment was
agreed to, and the resolution as amended
war* agreed to. Air. Rockwell reported
the diplomatic and placed consular appropriation the calendar,
bill, and it was upon
1 he house then, after some general sparring debate, as to
the limitation of the
which was finally fixed at one hour and a
half, went into a committee of the whole
for further consideration of army appro
priatious. .Monday, the
In the senate, on among
documents petitions presented and and memorials, referred, were
very many some
for and some against the Conger lard bill;
also two petitions in favor of the copy
right bill. At 2 o’clock the finance bill
came up, Mr. Allen, of Washington, be¬
jug entitled to the floor. Air. Fiatt made
an explanation as to why he had not, ae
cording to notice wh'uh he gave last
Friday, moved to take up the bill relat
ing to the copyright. He had supposed de
that there would be no urgency of
bate on the finance bill, but the senator
in charge of that bill was anxious tint
debate upon it should be continued. At
the very first opportunity after the
finance bill was disposed of, he (Platt)
would ask the senate to consider the
copyright bill. Mr. Paadock gave no
ticej on the copyright other hand, bill, that without other re
gsrd to the or any
bill, he would, at the tir-t the* opportunity, food
ask the senate to take up pure
bill. Mr. Allen then addressed the sen
ate in advocacy of Air. Stewart’s amend
men t to the finance bill. Air. Berry also
address J the senate in support of Air.
Stewart’s amendment. Air. Cockrell
made an argument m favor of the
amendment which was simply, he said.
a proposition for the free coinage of sil
ver and the restoration of silver to all
monetary functions. Mr. Allison took
the floor and the bill was laid aside.
Uter a short executive session the senate
adjourned jammed
The senate was packed and
with people Tuesday to hear'Senator
Ingalls spt.ik ou silver. Senator Sher
man had the floor first, however, and
spoke three hours and shut Mr. Ingalls
out completely. Ingalls will, however.
get in hi* speech Wednesday. It is said
hi will take occasion to attack Mr.
Cleveland. Ingalls is for free
dnage. The Stewart free coinage
amendment will in ail probability Aldrich pass
bv a two-thir s majority. Mr.
made the most lively -peet-h of the day.
He was surprised at the altitude of the
Dcmocritic secat rs oa the suujee,. and
r, aiiOs 'hem a p -rtion of Mr. Cleveland's
ijjveMetter to A. J. War net and others.
before his inauguration, in relation to the
v Ivor Queste r
KOTES.
Dispatches of Tuesday say: It appears
qcite evident that the light on the fotce
hili will be resumed as soon as the silver
bill is disposed of.
The secretary of state is in correspond- regard
eiiC-e ___; j with the Spanish minister in
to the alleged outrages perpetrated Carolina on
the American missionaries in the
islands.
The navy department his as yet taken
no action in regard to Commander Rciti-r s
request that his conduct in the Barrundia
affair be investigated by a court of in¬
quiry.
The legislative appropriation bill was
laid before the house Saturday appropriation and placed
on the calendar. The army
bill was then taken up in committee of
the whole.
Senator Stanford, on Friday, intro
duetd a bill providing for an extensions!
the executive mansion in accordance with
the plans suggested by Mrs. Harrison, at
a cost not to exceed $050,000.
The secretary of the treasury laid be¬
fore the house Saturday morning a rec
onuuendation for an appropriation of
$87,000 to put electric wiies in certain
public buildings no being constructed.
The building at At'anta and Augusta,
Ga., are named in the list.
The secretary of war has appointed made
Gen. Charles W. Field to the place
vacant in the war records office by the
recent death of Gen. Cadmus M. Wil¬
cox. Gc-n. Field is a graduate of West
Point, and was a distinguished major
general under Robert E. Lee in the army
of Northern Virginia throughout the war.
Secretary YCiudom. on Monday, senf
to the house of representatives appropriations a letter
transmitting estimates of returend by the
aggregating $0,074,063,
various departments of the government fiscal
complete the service of the year
ending June 30, 1891, for prior For the years. de¬
The three largest items are:
partment of justice, $1,551,038; the navy
department, $1,507,807: treasury, $926,-
194.
The senate interstate commerce com¬
mittee, on Monday, practically agreed modify¬ to
report favorably the senate bill
ing the anti-pooling section of the inter¬
state commerce act so as to permit the
limited pooling of traffic. The phrase¬
ology of the bill has not been definitely
determined on, but it is expected will that at
the next meeting all the details be
fixed and the report ordered to be made
to the senate.
Senator Quay got in His much talked
of election bill Alouday which bill. proved to
bo a twin to the Hoar lodge It au¬
thorizes the president to use troops to in¬
sure fair elections when in ids judgment
troops may be necessary. The house by
a vote of 168 to eighty dis¬
charged the committee on rules from
further consideration of the Dockery res¬
olution, asking tor an investigation of
the alleged silver pool by which certain
bankers and members scooped a million.
A heated debate the vote.
The available cash surplus of the treas
ury which was reduced to about $5,000,
000 -.uring the recent financial flurry by j
thc*it(a" c "‘i* r *■ ■—
has been steadily increasing since the 1 st
instant, by reason of the large excess of
receipts over expenditures, until it has
now reached nearly $18,000,000. Iu
speaking official of this increase, a aprominent de¬
treasury said Friday, that the
partment was once more in a position
where it could again go into the market
and buy 4 per cent, bonds if there was
any urgent necessity for so doing.
AN ALLIANCE RESOLUTION
That was Passed by the North
Carolina Legislature.
A dispatch from Raleigh, says: Ten
days ago the executive committee of the
North Carolina Farmers’ Alliance pre¬
pared the following resolution:
Resolved. That our senators in the fiftv
tirst and fifty-second congress be, and
they are hereby instructed, and our rep¬
resentatives requested, to rote and use all
honorable means to secure financial re¬
forms as demanded in the platform
adopted National in Farmers’ the Ocala meeting held of the
Alliance in De¬
cember. 1890.
The resolution was introduced
and pfl**ed by the legislature. Mem¬
bers iu speaking, declared that the
object of the resolution was to harmonize
every element in the Alliance, and that
all latitude was given which could bn
desired. The resolution was passed by a
vote of 98 to 13. and is as follows:
Resolved, by the house of representa¬
tives. the senate concurring. That our
senators in the fifty-first and fifty-second
eongr ssc-s of the United States be, and
they are hereby instructed, and our rep¬
resentatives requested, to vote for and
use r'l honorable means to secure the
objects ef financial reforms contemplated
in tL platform adopted by the Ocala
meet g of the National Farmers’ Alli¬
ance, held in December. 1890.
That a copy of the above resolution be
sent to our senators and representatives
iu congress.
Considerable feeling was aroused by
the passage of the resolution—among
Allis, c men chiefly.
ANOTHER OUTBREAK.
ind'ans Threaten to Avenge
the Lynching Of a Boy.
.A - h of Tuesday from , Coulee ., ,
City. Wash . says: There is an Indian
outbreak threatened at Ruby City. On
January 8 th an Indian lad was lynched
*’7 a 3t tbat P lace > and ,he redskins
threaten to inaugurate a general massacre,
The uoverement has sent arms and am
ttam lion to the place, and tne troops
have been erdtred to hold themselves in
readiness for active duty
AGAINST HANGING WOMEN.
A Society . Formed England
in
tO Prevent It.
A society ha* been formed in England
to advocate the rt 'l of capital punish
meat lor women. Prejudice ha* gained
new force owing to the reports regarding
the recent hanging of Mrs. Pearcy for
killing Mrs. II .gg and the latter's child,
It is *aid to have i .. en a cruel and bung
ling execution, and reporters having beSh
debarred, the officials hare been able to
conceal the real fact* from the public.
iSOUTHERN BRIEFS
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j OCCURRENCES
| Da jly IN THE
SUNNY SOUTHLAND
,
j
j lie -a into Interesting and
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Newsy Paragraphs.
Arrangements have been made for a
regular service of steamers between
: hattanooga and St. Louis,
II. G. Hudson, a merchant of Yazoo
City. Miss., assigned Friday. Liabilities
$ 55 000 ; assets about the same.
,
E. S. Peck, of Frankfort, Kansas, has
been appointed receiver of the Farmers’
and Merchants’ bank of Clarkesville,Tenn.
A Raleigh, N. C., dispatch says: Sen¬
ator Zi-bubm Vance was re-nominated for
United States senator Monday night in
the Democratic caucus.
The steamer Sylvan Grove was de¬
stroyed by fire on the wharf at Wilming¬
ton,' N. C., Saturday probably morning. the Insurance,
$ 20 , 000 ; loss, same.
The international pet and poultry show
opened at Chariest;) >,S. C., Tuesday, and
promises to be a great success. There
are over 2,000 entries of poultry and 167
dogs.
A dispatch of Tuesday from Hardee
ville, S. C., says: Albert Jones, who was
repor'ed by the State board of heal h to
have had a case of smallpox, is dead. No
other cases have been reported.
The Secretary of State issued a com¬
mission Saturday to the State Publishing
Company, of Columbia, S. C. Its object
is to publish a daily eight-page is $30,000. paper in
Columbia. The capital stock
A Jackson. Mbs., special railroad says: commis¬ In the
city court, Monday, the against the
sion secured judgment Ala¬
bama and Vicksburg railroad for $5,000
for failure of the company to post bulle¬
tins of the arrival and departure of trains,
as required by law.
Attachments amounting to $23,000
were run against Brown & Sharp, goods whole¬
sale and retail dealers in dry and
groceries at Columbus,Miss., Monday. The
assets of the firm tire about $32,000. Poor
collections and the stringency of the
money market caused the trouble.
At the conclusion of the marriage cere¬
mony between George Estes :tnd Fannie
Hogan, at a country church, in Marion
county, Ala.. Friday, a shot was fired
through a window and the bride fell
dead, with a load of buckshot in her
body. A discarded lover is suspected.
Figures from the census office at
Wa-hington show that the asssessed val¬
ves of real and personal property of
colored people in sixteen cities of Vir¬
ginia are $3,234,542. The sixteen cities
probably represent fully one-half of the
wealth of the colored people of the
whole state.
The town of Goldvillc, on the Colum¬
bia, Newberry and Lain a- railroad, in
Laurens county, S. 0., was almost totally
destrovi v Jit." ,\r.i sulny. There was
pm i ■ fm
i rat ] !c. The plan has jus; been -
built since the new mad war. opened,
and has flourished in that time.
Dispatches of Monday say: At the re¬
quest of lion. Clay Evans the. secretary
ot war has agreed to have full tests made
ot the steel produced by the basic process
at Chattanooga, for the purpose of ascer¬
taining its fitness for heavy ordinance.
The law gives Secretary Proctor authori¬
ty to make suqh test*. and they will be
conductey by the chief of ordinance.
A Raleigh dispatch says: United An appeal
to the supreme court of the States
in the suit of Baltzer and Toaks, of New
York, against the state of South Caro¬
lina, which was decided adversely to
plaintiffs by the state supreme court, was
perfected Monday. The case involves
$140,000, and is to get payment for iron
furnished the Chatham Railway Com¬
pany.
A San Antonio dispatch of Saturday
says: It is expected that a regular boom in
Coaliuila, Mexico, mining properties will
set in within the next sixty days, and the
owners of the low grade fluxing ore
mines will be tli ones chiefly benefitted.
The occasion of the boom will be the
opening of the four smelting establish¬
ments at Monterey, which will soon be¬
gin buying and storing ore against the
biowing in of their furnaces.
The immense sawmill of the Tunis and
Serpdl Lumber Company, near Norfolk,
Va., was burned Sunday. It was the
largest mill in that section of the country,
and had a capacity of 100,000 feet per
day, and for some time had been work¬
ing almost up to the limit. It was fur¬
nished with all the latest improvements,
and was complete in every respect. The
loss to the company in time will be
heavy, though the actual loss, which is
about $50,000, is thought to be fully
c iteri d by insurance.
MISSISSIPPI’S MONEY.
Report of H9r State Treasurer
—A Splendid Showing 1 .
State Treasurer Evans’ statement of the
condition of the treasury on January 1 st.
made pursuant to section 137 of the new
constitution, shows that the present
treasurer received of ex-Treasurer Hem¬
ingway $276,835.90; received from all
sources since. $1,241,620.52; disbursed,
$1,195,271.27; balance on hand, $323,-
185.25. Governor Stone verified the
bonds statement by counting the money. No
were sold last year, and the re¬
ceipts. with the exception of a short loan
of $25,000, are made of the ordinary
revenues of the state.
BREAKING UP.
The Strike of Alabama Miners
Probably Ended.
A Birmingham aispatcn says : Ylia.
<o .. miners’ strik.. which has been on
since the 1 st of Dei emb r. i- breaking
uj The B. t *n in:ires, wl.cre mere
than 1.000 m a x our, met Mo -dal
.no. vote! to jro b to v> -k at id- >!d
rate and under t i:e 1 conditions. It ia
believed the* sti •• . ottet
mines will io'.i-. w tuts ore . .. hi.- few days
and au e u : work again in
a we.'k. B t*.>n considered by the
»fr ag point*.